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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1931
Page
7
Local junk and metal service at 212 N Wrenn St Next to No 1 Fire Station advertises phone 4979 and delivery via our truck calling service for pickups and inquiries.
Elders of the Methodist Episcopal Church South hear Bishop James Cannon Jr as the investigation extends into next week. Cannon submits documentary evidence to refute 48 charges and defend his character. Dr Costen J Harrell of Richmond was absent at the start, while Cannon travels on crutches with Dr J Sidney Peters and his son James Cannon III present.
Funeral services for Johnnie Royals, who died at the home of his adopted mother Mrs. W. W. Ellington on South Main street extension Thursday afternoon, were held at Springfield Friends church this morning at 10 o'clock. Officiating were Miss Clara Cox and Rev. J D Williams. Pallbearers included Boyd Royals Hubert Royals Kenneth Royals Raymond Royals Herbert Ellington and W W Ellington. Flowers were carried by Mildred Winslow Vera May Ferree Veronica Jackson Cozelle Johnson Grace Royals Jessie Lee Royals Mrs W A Smith Mrs L Lefiin Mrs L Jackson and Mrs W H Grady. Interment followed at Oakwood cemetery.
Cotton trading opened steady with advances of 5 points on gains from overnight demand and covering. March moved to 10.70 while October reached 11.49, but selling from the South and weekend profit taking trimmed gains. active months ended about 1 to 3 points lower. Liverpool reports hedging absorbed by foreign buying and trade. week’s shipboard cotton awaiting clearance placed at 71,000 bales versus 129,000 last year. Open highs and closes varied across months with March at 1067–1065, May 1094–1091, Jig around 1112–1116, Oct 1149–1144, Dec 1167–1164, Jan 1175–1171.
A car traveling at high speed left a highway curve near Rocky Mount North Carolina last night. Bennie Bryan 23 of Bladenboro is unconscious with a fractured skull and is not expected to survive. Four others were in serious condition: John Cole 25 of Newport News Virginia driver Norman Hare 21 A C Morgan 26 of Spies and Elijah Sanders 25 of Hemp. All work at Newport News shipyard.
Liverpool quotes show steady levels across grades with American staples dominant. Sales reach 3,000 bales, including 1,500 American, while receipts total 2,000. Futures map mixed signals with March around 5.78 and other contracts near 6.04.
The record notes U S per capita electricity use rose from 391 kilowatt hours in 1920 to an estimated level of 00 kilowatt hours in 1620, reflecting a long term growth pattern though the later figure appears misdated or garbled. The data point anchors a discussion of rising national power consumption.
Stock listings show gains for Am Tel and Tel and Am Sugar with several issues advancing while Am Can Ghceaedbinevissacaat and Am Tob B lag. Major movers include General Foods, Goodyear, Union Carbide, and Westinghouse with total sales around 1.2 million shares.
Rutherfordford Feb 7 After a habeas corpus hearing Judge Hoyle Sink ordered Mrs John Lynch and John Paul Searcy released under 5000 bond pending trial in superior court The Lynch case stems from the death of her husband a nocturnal visitor shot him on the doorstep following threats into the house Attorneys for Mrs Lynch said they expected to post bond this afternoon It remains doubtful if Searcy can take advantage of the ruling The hearing reviewed evidence from the coroner s jury which had ordered the pair held
New York stock market closes the week with a brisk upturn led by motor shares office appliances and chemicals. Transactions total around 1.2 million shares while several industrials rise including General Motors Nash Hudson Am erican Can U S Steel Westinghouse and Allied Chemical. Radio Corp declares regular preferred dividends, easing worries of a future peacetime downturn.
Herbert Hines two and a half year old son of Mr and Mrs P H Hines died at the parents home seven miles northwest of the city last night at 8 oclock after a few days illness of pneumonia. Surviving are three brothers Rockford Franklin and Richard Hines and one sister Dorothy Jones Hines. Funeral services will be conducted from Canaan church Davidson county Sunday morning at 11 o'clock by Rev George Barringer. Interment will follow in Canaan cemetery.
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Jane Jordan were held at her son's home in Jamestown. Rev C O Kennerly officiated and pallbearers included J D Adams M C Crawford Lawrence Davis Will Clark J Wood and H Hodgin. Interment followed at Mitchell's Grove cemetery with flower bearers listed.
In New Orleans the cotton market opened steady and rose 2 to 8 points on strong trade buying and mill price fixing. May hit 10.94 and October 11.48 before easing amid weekend realizations, May 10.87 and October 11.42. End of first hour shows a steady tone at the lows with quotes: Mar 1064, May 1088, July 1113, Oct 1141, Dec 1160, Jan 1167. new war tactics section notes a Chinese general proposes sending a division of children to highlight the costs of war.
Auction to settle default on a deed of trust for $2,000,000. J B Tomlinson originally conveyed to W A J Idol and Dora J Field executrix. The sale, scheduled March 9 1951, at front of the Municipal Building, Guilford County, Greensboro, is in cash only. Cited by Peacock & Dalton, register details incomplete.
Tennessee Supreme Court rules the state may condemn land for the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. John W. Oliver owned 300 acres in Cades Cove, doubts over land transfer resolved as the court reverses Blount county circuit court. The decision upholds state power to condemn lands for federal park use.
Fragmented OCR shows early crop market shifts amid drought relief talk and a public sale notice in Guilford County. Details reference land parcels, deeds, and a foreclosure or trustee sale with dates around 1931 and names including J E Toms Dora J Field and W A Idol in Guilford County filings.
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